Welcome to What The Heck's Creature Feature! These episodes release on Saturdays and look at folklore and cryptids from around the world! The same academic style is applied to these episodes, but they look at history and eyewitness reports before describing the creature of the week! A lot of the time, theories are a bit more scarce than the main episodes, but the content is still just as interesting.

This week we're looking at Hippocamp. Creatures from Greek Mythology, they were said to pull the chariot of Poseidon. They appeared in Argonautica as a symbol of adventure and received a makeover during the Renaissance. They even had special powers just in case they got into trouble. What is a Hippocamp? Did they hurt people? What's the plural? Listen in to find out!

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References:-

Athena, Alilia. “Hippocampus Mythology – Paleothea.” Paleothea – Greek Mythology, 21 Apr. 2024, https://paleothea.com/mythical-creatures/hippocampus-mythology/.

Garstang, John. “Hybrid Creatures in Late Period Egypt: The Hippocampus | Garstang Museum of Archaeology.” Garstang Museum of Archaeology, 11 Apr. 2024, https://garstangmuseum.wordpress.com/2024/04/11/hybrid-creatures-in-late-period-egypt-the-hippocampus/.

“HIPPOCAMPS (Hippokampoi) - Fish-Tailed Horses of Greek Mythology.” THEOI GREEK MYTHOLOGY - Exploring Mythology in Classical Literature & Art, https://www.theoi.com/Ther/Hippokampoi.html. Accessed 13 May 2025.

You can email Glen at whattheheckpod3@gmail.com with any of your spooky stories, unexplained events, mysteries that you want him to look at, or anything you'd like him to correct or address.

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Welcome to What The Heck season 4! This podcast explores unexplained phenomena using stories gathered from various sources, then applies an academic research method to find theories and solutions for each one. So far, we've been unsuccessful in finding any concrete answers, but a few of the stories we've covered have been solved. Today, we're looking at the Rochester Alphabet Murders. In the early 1970s, 3 young girls were abducted and murdered, presumably by the same person. The modus operandi (MO) was almost identical for all three. Each girl had double initials- the same first and last initial. The case went cold quite quickly but, in 2009, another case was blown right open from California, involving the murders of women with double initials. Who were the girls? What happened to them? Who were the suspects? Listen in to find out!

Links for other ways to listen are found here: https://linktr.ee/whattheheckpod

References for the episode:

“‘Alphabet Killer’ Joseph Naso Sentenced to Death - BBC News.” BBC News, BBC News, 23 Nov. 2013, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25064222.

Jidoun, Grace. “The Alphabet Murders: All About The Victims and Suspects.” Oxygen, Oxygen, 18 Oct. 2023, https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/alphabet-murders-victims-dna-suspects-rochester-new-york.

Johnston, Jonl. “Strangulation, Sadism, and Closing in on the Alphabet Killer | Psychology Today United Kingdom.” Psychology Today, 19 Nov. 2023, https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/the-human-equation/202311/strangulation-sadism-and-closing-in-on-the-alphabet-killer.

You can email Glen at whattheheckpod3@gmail.com with any of your spooky stories, unexplained events, mysteries that you want him to look at, or anything you'd like him to correct or address. Thanks for listening, and if you enjoy the podcast and think you know others who will like it, share it with them!

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Welcome to What The Heck's Creature Feature! These episodes release on Saturdays and look at folklore and cryptids from around the world! The same academic style is applied to these episodes, but they look at history and eyewitness reports before describing the creature of the week! A lot of the time, theories are a bit more scarce than the main episodes, but the content is still just as interesting.

This week we're looking at the Lake Tota Monster. In the Colombian Andes Mountains, Lake Tota can be found. The indigenous Muisca peoples have had a long history with the lake, and the monster that was trapped within it. However, when the Spanish conquistadors came to colonise the area, they brought Catholicism and changed the folklore of the creature. How did the lake first form? What do the Muisca say about the Lake Tota Monster compared to the colonisers? What is it? Listen in to find out!

Links to other ways to listen are found here: https://linktr.ee/whattheheckpod

References:-

Beaumont, Wade. “The Legendary Lake Tota Monster– Hangar1publishing.” Hangar1publishing, Hangar1publishing, 3 Apr. 2024, https://hangar1publishing.com/blogs/cryptids/lake-tota-monster?srsltid=AfmBOoorPDSMR3OK0P_KLUeHuVaRhaxcKtgF6Jo6zkUVJ33gnli6iB2O.

Roberts, James. “Monster of Lake Tota: Colombia’s Mythic Serpent of the Andes– Hangar1publishing.” Hangar1publishing, Hangar1publishing, 28 Mar. 2024, https://hangar1publishing.com/blogs/cryptids/monster-of-lake-tota?srsltid=AfmBOooTgoR8lA5w-0_8bXJbNKMPBhVuzR7i2KouuRkg9vDzbQg-FSQk.

You can email Glen at whattheheckpod3@gmail.com with any of your spooky stories, unexplained events, mysteries that you want him to look at, or anything you'd like him to correct or address.

Thanks for listening, and if you enjoy the podcast and think you know others who will like it, share it with them!

All the sounds from this episode were mixed by Glen, using Soundtrap. Enjoy them!

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